The fault in our stars, by John Green

 Hazel has known she is going to die from her cancer from the day it was diagnosed. But when she meets gorgeous Augustus Waters at a cancer support group her life suddenly takes a new and unexpected turn.   The fault in our stars is a love story about two teens with cancer that they are going to die from, but it never goes for the easy emotionalism of that situation.  The two teens, Hazel and Augustus (Gus), are real - tough and vulnerable at the same time.  They know what it's like to live with terminal illness and still they celebrate being alive and in love.

Green spent 10 years as a chaplain at a children's hospital before not becoming a priest but a YA author instead.  He knows these people and their hearts, and he knows how to write.  This one will be on my top 10 for 2012 without a doubt.